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C. ORABBS.

FENCE.

No. 447,539. Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

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CYRS ORABBS, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 447,539, dated March 3, 1891. Application filed October 10, 1889. Serial No. 326,599. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS ORABBS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Toronto, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my said invention is to produce a fence which shall be strong and durable and so firmly anchored 'to position as to resist any force likely to come against it and such as is liable to overthrow ordinary fences. This object is accomplished by a Certain construction and arrangement of the several part-s in relation to each other and the securing of them together, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring' to the accompanying drawings, which arc made. a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective View of a section of rail fence embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view looking downwardly from the dotted line 2 2 in Fig. l; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view looking toward the left from the dotted line 3 3 iii Fig. l, and Fig. 4 a detail View showing the method of attaching and fastening the rails to the posts.

In said drawings, the -portions marked A represent vertical fence-posts 5 B, the ordinary rails; O, the rider-stakes, and D the riderrails.

The posts A are simply straight upright posts set in the ground in the ordinary and well-known manner, and to these rails, boards, or other devices forming the fence are attached. The ends of the rails composing the adjacent lengths of the fence are preferably arranged on opposite sides of the post, as shown, the post being thus arranged centrally in relation to the Weight'supported.

The rails B (when rails are used) are lsecured to the posts A by first holding them in the position shown in Fig. 4, passing a strong wire c around the post and the rail and securing the ends iirnily together, and then bringing the rail down to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, which has the effect to sink the wire into the wood of the post and the rail and to hold the rail in a secure manner upon said post. At the second post the process is the same, except that the wire is passed around the ends of two rails, (one upon each side of the post,) one of the rails only being inclined upward, the other being the one which has already been attached to the preceding post. This process is continued .to any length desired and to the height to which the fence is to be built, lacking only the top or rider rail. Vhile these rails, as shown, contribute toa desirable form of fence, other forms of rails, bars, boards, w1res, or other devices maybe used in connection with my improved rider-rail construction without departing from that portion of my invention. The rider-stakes C are driven into the ground in the ordinary manner and cross above the top one of the rails B, already 1n position,resting on top of the vertical post A alongside the posts, as shown.

The rider-rails D are like ordinary riderrails, except that they are made tapered or Wedge-shaped at the point where they come in contact with the rider-stakes sov as to iit closely against said stakes. They are then driven down tightly between the stakes, so as to bind tightly between them, and a wire c is then passed around said stakes and said rails, as shown, tying the rails down to the position to which they havebeen driven'. A second wire CZ is then tied around the riderstakes under the next rail below the riderrail, which hold Said stakes still more lirmly together.

A fence constructed in this manner, by reason of the driving or forcing of the riderrails down firmly between the stakes and the securing of said rails in that position, is very strong and durable. By actual test I have found that such a fence cannot be overthrown by the best efforts of a team of horses, while fences as ordinarily constructed not locked in position are liable to be overthrown by high winds and by breach y or unruly animals.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Tlie combination, in a fence, of the vertical post A, arranged centrally in relation to the weight supported thereby, the rails B, secured to opposite sides thereof, except the top one, which rests on the top of said post and under IOS) the rider-stakes, said rider-stakes arranged in In Witness whereof I have hereunto set 1n y pairs which Straddle said main part of the hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this fence above said top rail at both its ends, and 30th day of September, A. D. 1889.

the rider-rails D, arranged between the upper 5 ends of said rider-stakes vertically above the CYRUS CRABBS. IL.

rails Which rest on top of the posts A, the XN'TBnesses: whole being Secured together by Wires, sub- C. BRADFORD, stantially as set forth. J. XVALSH. 

